Anthony Carter

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Anthony Carter

No. 25   Toronto Raptors
Point guard
Personal information
Date of birth	June 16, 1975 (1975-06-16)
Place of birth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nationality	American
High school	Alonzo A. Crim
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College	Hawaii
NBA Draft	1998 / Undrafted
Pro career	1999–present
Career history
1999–2003	Miami Heat
2003–2004	San Antonio Spurs
2004–2006	Minnesota Timberwolves
2006–2011	Denver Nuggets
2011	New York Knicks
2011–present	Toronto Raptors
Career highlights and awards
WAC Player of the Year (1997)
Stats at NBA.com

Anthony Bernard Carter (born June 16, 1975) is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors.

Early life

Born in Milwaukee, Carter played as a freshman on the varsity team of Alonzo A. Crim High School in Atlanta. However, after his freshman year, Carter quit high school. After leaving school, Carter spent his teenage years playing basketball for money in Atlanta. The Rocky Mountain News quoted Carter stating: "The dope man would put up the money, and we would play. We used to play for the drug dealers. That's how we were going to make our money. We didn't sell the drugs ... (I used the money) to buy shoes and food. That was the only way we could eat." During his teenage years, Carter's mother was on drugs, and all seven of his uncles were at one point in prison.

Realizing Carter's basketball skills could earn him an education, several members of Carter's community helped him get a GED and enroll at Saddleback College.

Basketball career

Carter played collegiately at Saddleback Community College in Mission Viejo, California (1994-96), then went on to play at the University of Hawaii. At UH, Carter became the Rainbows’ career leader in assist average and one of only 10 players to reach 1,000 points.

Unselected in the 1998 NBA Draft, he began his NBA career with the Miami Heat, after having spent one season with CBA's Yakima Sun Kings.

In 2003, his agent misread a part of his contract which would have enabled him to get an extension, and more money, with Miami but it was too late as he had already signed a contract with the San Antonio Spurs which completely voided his rookie contract (the agent was subsequently fired). However, after only five games, the Spurs waived him due to injury, and he remained inactive throughout 2003-04.

After two relatively obscure seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves (2004-06), on April 12, 2007, the Denver Nuggets signed Carter for the remainder of the season, after he started the year with Italy's Legea Scafati. He was waived by the team on August 29, and re-signed two days later.

On December 20, 2007, Carter hit a runner in the lane with 0.8 seconds left in double overtime against the Houston Rockets, which gave the Nuggets a 112-111 win. In that season, he broke every individual statistic record, averaging a career-high 8 ppg, while starting all but three of the games he appeared in, while recording an impressive 28 blocked shots for the season.

On July 1, 2008, Carter became a free agent, but would quickly re-sign with Denver in October.

On August 14, 2009 the Nuggets again resigned Carter to a one-year contract for $1.3 million.

On July 14, 2010, he re-signed with the Nuggets to a one-year contract worth $1.3 million.

On February 22, 2011, Carter was traded to the New York Knicks in a three-way blockbuster deal which also involved Minnesota Timberwolves that brought Carmelo Anthony to New York. Considered a throw-in in the trade, Carter forever cemented his place in Knicks lore when he nearly singlehandedly rallied New York to a playoff victory in an elimination game against the Boston Celtics on April 24, 2011. Carter substituted into the match with the Knicks trailing by 23 and brought life back to the Garden by suffocating Rajon Rondo on defense, scoring 11 points, and dishing four dimes. However, the Knicks comeback bid ultimately fell short.

On December 12, 2011, Carter signed with the Toronto Raptors.

Charitable work

While Carter was in fifth grade at Atlanta's Fred A. Toomer Elementary School, his class was adopted by the "I Have a Dream" foundation. In 2003, he was appointed as the first-ever spokesperson for the foundation.

Carter donated $100,000 to fund scholarships at the University of Hawaii.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1999–00	Miami	79	30	23.5	.395	.130	.750	2.5	4.8	1.2	.1	6.3
2000–01	Miami	72	6	22.6	.406	.150	.631	2.5	3.7	1.0	.1	6.4
2001–02	Miami	46	18	22.8	.342	.053	.528	2.5	4.7	1.1	.1	4.3
2002–03	Miami	49	26	18.6	.356	.000	.660	1.7	4.1	.9	.1	4.1
2003–04	San Antonio	5	2	17.4	.297	.000	.000	2.2	2.4	.8	.0	4.4
2004–05	Minnesota	66	12	11.2	.407	.118	.686	1.0	2.4	.5	.3	2.7
2005–06	Minnesota	45	8	13.1	.387	.267	.727	1.4	2.2	.5	.2	3.3
2006–07	Denver	2	0	18.5	.375	.000	.000	1.5	5.5	.0	.5	3.0
2007–08	Denver	70	67	28.0	.458	.349	.753	2.9	5.5	1.5	.4	7.8
2008–09	Denver	78	5	22.9	.433	.239	.731	2.6	4.7	1.2	.2	5.3
2009–10	Denver	54	7	15.9	.420	.270	.846	1.6	3.0	.7	.2	3.3
2010–11	Denver	14	0	10.9	.333	.333	1.000	.9	1.9	.6	.1	1.9
2010–11	New York	19	0	16.3	.461	.286	1.000	2.1	2.3	1.0	.3	4.4
Career		599	181	20.0	.406	.248	.705	2.1	3.9	1.0	.2	4.9

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1999–00	Miami	10	3	27.5	.416	.167	.750	4.0	5.6	1.2	.2	7.7
2000–01	Miami	3	1	23.0	.474	.000	.000	2.0	3.7	.7	.3	6.0
2006–07	Denver	1	0	14.0	1.000	.000	.000	1.0	2.0	.0	.0	8.0
2007–08	Denver	4	1	15.3	.286	.000	.000	2.5	3.5	.2	.2	2.0
2008–09	Denver	16	0	14.3	.408	.167	.500	2.0	2.1	.9	.1	2.8
2009–10	Denver	1	0	7.0	.000	.000	.000	.0	3.0	.0	.0	.0
2010–11	New York	4	0	12.3	.533	.333	1.000	2.0	1.5	.5	.2	4.8
Career		39	5	18.0	.430	.148	.696	2.5	3.2	.8	.2	4.5

External links

• NBA.com profile
• Anthony Carter at Basketball-Reference.com